Study type: Human research · Status: Verified against declared source
Inflammatory profile of keratoconic corneal epithelium.
BMC ophthalmology · 2023
Study scale: Both groups were asked about their height and weight and also about the continuous use of medication or systemic diseases.
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Plain-language verified summary
Question
Recent studies have presented inflammatory features on keratoconus (KC) and many inflammatory markers are described in the tears of patients with this disease.
Methods
Keratoconus has still unknown etiology, which is possibly associated with environmental, biomechanics, biochemical, and genetic factors, or maybe the association between them.
Scale or participants
Both groups were asked about their height and weight and also about the continuous use of medication or systemic diseases.
Key findings
This including prospective observational study included 32 KC patients who underwent corneal crosslinking (CXL) and 32 control patients who underwent photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Limitations and uncertainty
Recent studies have presented inflammatory features on keratoconus (KC) and many inflammatory markers are described in the tears of patients with this disease.
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